Leila's Brothers
2022
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Oct 28, 2022 · It's been charged that misogyny is at the heart of the Islamic Republic’s rules that women must cover their hair in public, and the same issue is central to “Holy Spider.” The film dramatizes the true story of a serial killer who murdered 16 prostitutes in 2000-2001.
Oct 28, 2022 · In HOLY SPIDER, we follow family man Saeed as he embarks on his own religious quest -- to "cleanse" the holy Iranian city of Mashhad of immoral and corrupt street prostitutes.
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Oct 27, 2022 · Like many a serial-killer drama, this movie about a real-life Iranian murderer who targeted prostitutes is a grisly thriller parading as a morality tale.
May 22, 2022 · May 22, 2022 9:28am PT. ‘Holy Spider’ Review: A Taut, True-Crime Procedural Tangled in the Wicked Web of Iranian Patriarchy. Iranian-born director Ali Abbasi revisits the 2001 case of a...
May 22, 2022 · 1 hour 56 minutes. Abbasi transforms the controversial case into both a violent, catch-the-killer thriller and a critique of his homeland’s punishing theocratical system, where women seem to...
Holy Spider is an unsettling, impactful analysis on how misogyny and gender-based violence outlast the actions of one man due to environments and attitudes that allow it to persevere. Full...
Nov 3, 2022 · Review: The serial-killer thriller ‘Holy Spider’ gets stuck in its own morally murky web. Zar Amir Ebrahimi in the movie “Holy Spider.” (Cannes Film Festival) By Justin Chang Film...
